One of the edification spinoffs from being in the entertainment business is the number of lessons one learns that prove very useful in other businesses or circumstances. As an example, one of the things that I heard stressed by promoters I encountered as I got into the music business overseas was “To get the show right, get the venue right.” This principle had nothing to do with the artistic abilities being presented in the event, but rather on the non-musical conditions, the surroundings being a prime one, impacting on the audiences, that are critical to a successful event.
